HSK 2.0 Level 2 vocabulary list.

Simple, direct exchanges on familiar everyday topics. 147 words below, each with its pinyin and English meaning.

HSK 2.0 Level 2 doubles the word list to 300 words. The new characters let you handle short, direct exchanges about familiar things: shopping, food, transport and your daily routine.

This page lists all 147 new words at this level, bringing the HSK 2.0 total to 297. Use your browser’s find (⌘F / Ctrl‑F) to search the list or print the page for offline review. The 168 new characters these words introduce have their own stroke order chart.

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HSK 2.0 Level 2 vocabulary: 147 words with pinyin and meanings
#	Word	Pinyin	Meaning
1	吧	ba	(modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right?; ...OK?
2	白	bái	white; snowy; pure
3	百	bǎi	hundred; numerous; all kinds of
4	帮助	bāng zhù	assistance; aid; to help; to assist
5	报纸	bào zhǐ	newspaper; newsprint
6	比	bǐ	to compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}; ratio
7	便宜	biàn yí	convenient
8	别	bié	to leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish; (bound form) other; another; different
9	唱歌	chàng gē	to sing a song
10	出	chū	to go out; to come out; to occur
11	穿	chuān	to wear; to put on; to dress
12	船	chuán	boat; vessel; ship
13	次	cì	next in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc)
14	从	cóng	from; through; via
15	错	cuò	mistake; wrong; bad
16	打篮球	dǎ lán qiú	to play basketball
17	大家	dà jiā	everyone; influential family; great expert
18	但是	dàn shì	but; however
19	到	dào	to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point)
20	得	dé	to obtain; to get; to gain
21	弟弟	dì di	younger brother
22	第一	dì yī	first; number one; primary
23	懂	dǒng	to understand; to comprehend
24	房间	fáng jiān	room
25	非常	fēi cháng	very; really; unusual; extraordinary
26	服务员	fú wù yuán	waiter; waitress; attendant
27	高	gāo	high; tall; above average
28	告诉	gào sù	to press charges; to file a complaint
29	哥哥	gē ge	older brother
30	给	gěi	to; for; for the benefit of
31	公共汽车	gōng gòng qì chē	bus
32	公斤	gōng jīn	kilogram (kg)
33	公司	gōng sī	company; firm; corporation
34	贵	guì	expensive; noble; precious
35	还	hái	still; still in progress; still more
36	孩子	hái zi	child
37	好吃	hǎo chī	tasty; delicious
38	号	hào	ordinal number; day of a month; mark
39	黑	hēi	black; dark; sinister
40	红	hóng	red; popular; revolutionary
41	欢迎	huān yíng	to welcome; welcome
42	回答	huí dá	to reply; to answer; reply; answer
43	机场	jī chǎng	airport; airfield; (slang) service provider for Shadowsocks or similar software for circumventing Internet censorship
44	鸡蛋	jī dàn	(chicken) egg; hen's egg
45	件	jiàn	item; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc
46	教室	jiào shì	classroom
47	介绍	jiè shào	to introduce (sb to sb); to give a presentation; to present (sb for a job etc)
48	姐姐	jiě jie	older sister
49	近	jìn	near; close to; approximately
50	进	jìn	to go forward; to advance; to go in
51	就	jiù	(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 是) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly
52	觉得	jué de	to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)
53	咖啡	kā fēi	coffee (loanword)
54	开始	kāi shǐ	to begin; beginning; to start
55	考试	kǎo shì	to take an exam; exam
56	可能	kě néng	might (happen); possible; probable
57	可以	kě yǐ	can; may; possible
58	课	kè	subject; course; class
59	快	kuài	rapid; quick; speed
60	快乐	kuài lè	happy; joyful
61	累	lèi	tired; weary; to strain
62	离	lí	to leave; to part from; to be away from
63	两	liǎng	two; both; some
64	路	lù	road; journey; route
65	旅游	lǚ yóu	trip; journey; tourism
66	卖	mài	to sell; to betray; to spare no effort
67	慢	màn	slow
68	忙	máng	busy; hurriedly; to hurry
69	每	měi	each; every
70	妹妹	mèi mei	younger sister; young woman
71	门	mén	gate; door; gateway
72	男人	nán rén	a man; a male; men
73	您	nín	you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你)
74	牛奶	niú nǎi	cow's milk
75	女人	nǚ rén	woman
76	旁边	páng biān	side; adjacent place
77	跑步	pǎo bù	to run; to jog; (military) to march at the double
78	票	piào	ticket; ballot; banknote
79	妻子	qī zǐ	wife and children
80	起床	qǐ chuáng	to get out of bed; to get up
81	千	qiān	thousand
82	晴	qíng	clear; fine (weather)
83	去年	qù nián	last year
84	让	ràng	to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth
85	上班	shàng bān	to go to work; to be on duty; to start work
86	身体	shēn tǐ	the body; one's health; in person
87	生病	shēng bìng	to fall ill
88	生日	shēng rì	birthday
89	时间	shí jiān	time; period
90	事情	shì qing	affair; matter; thing; business
91	手表	shǒu biǎo	wristwatch
92	手机	shǒu jī	cell phone; mobile phone
93	送	sòng	to send; to deliver; to transmit; to give (as a present); to see (sb) off
94	所以	suǒ yǐ	therefore; as a result; so
95	它	tā	it
96	踢	tī	to kick; to play (e.g. soccer); (slang) butch (in a lesbian relationship)
97	题	tí	topic; problem for discussion; exam question
98	跳舞	tiào wǔ	to dance
99	外	wài	outside; in addition; foreign
100	完	wán	to finish; to be over; whole
101	玩	wán	to play; to have fun; to trifle with
102	晚上	wǎn shang	evening; night; in the evening
103	为	wèi	because of; for; to
104	问	wèn	to ask; to inquire
105	问题	wèn tí	question; problem; issue
106	希望	xī wàng	to hope; a hope; a wish
107	洗	xǐ	to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc)
108	西瓜	xī guā	watermelon
109	向	xiàng	towards; to face; to turn towards
110	小时	xiǎo shí	hour
111	笑	xiào	to laugh; to smile; to laugh at
112	新	xīn	new; newly; meso- (chemistry)
113	姓	xìng	family name; surname; to be surnamed
114	休息	xiū xi	rest; to rest
115	雪	xuě	snow; (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc)
116	颜色	yán sè	color; countenance; appearance
117	眼睛	yǎn jing	eye
118	羊肉	yáng ròu	mutton; goat meat
119	药	yào	leaf of the iris
120	要	yào	to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should
121	也	yě	(adverb) also; both ... and ... (before predicates only); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊
122	一起	yī qǐ	in the same place; together; with
123	已经	yǐ jīng	already
124	意思	yì si	idea; opinion; meaning
125	因为	yīn wèi	because; owing to; on account of
126	阴	yīn	overcast (weather); cloudy; shady
127	游泳	yóu yǒng	swimming; to swim
128	右边	yòu bian	right side; right, to the right
129	鱼	yú	fish
130	元	yuán	currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); first; original
131	远	yuǎn	far; distant; remote
132	运动	yùn dòng	to move; to exercise; sports
133	再	zài	again; once more; re-; second; another; then (after sth, and not until then)
134	早上	zǎo shang	early morning
135	张	zhāng	to open up; to spread; sheet of paper
136	长	cháng	length; long; forever
137	丈夫	zhàng fu	husband
138	找	zhǎo	to try to find; to look for; to call on sb
139	着	zhe	aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
140	真	zhēn	really; truly; indeed
141	正在	zhèng zài	just at (that time); right in (that place); right in the middle of (doing sth)
142	知道	zhī dào	to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhī dao]
143	准备	zhǔn bèi	preparation; to prepare; to intend
144	自行车	zì xíng chē	bicycle; bike
145	走	zǒu	to walk; to go; to run
146	最	zuì	most; the most; -est (superlative suffix)
147	左边	zuǒ bian	left; the left side; to the left of

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Words follow the HSK 2.0 syllabus (2010–2021). Pinyin and meanings come from CC-CEDICT via the complete-hsk-vocabulary project. Word counts: HSK 1 150 · HSK 2 147 · HSK 3 298 · HSK 4 598 · HSK 5 1,298 · HSK 6 2,500. See also the HSK 3.0 lists.